Definition
从头 (cóng tóu) means 'from the beginning / all over again' — it emphasizes starting over from scratch, often with a sense of doing it completely anew. 重新 (chóng xīn) is the more general 'again' and can be used for repeating without necessarily starting from the start (e.g., 重新考虑 'reconsider').
adverb
from the beginningall over againanew
Examples
- 从头。Zhè piān lùnwén xūyào cóng tóu xiě yí biàn.This paper needs to be written again from scratch.
- 。Tā cóng tóu dào wěi dú wán le nà běn xiǎoshuō.He read that novel from beginning to end.
- ，从头。Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎng xué hǎo, zuì hǎo cóng tóu kāishǐ.If you want to learn well, you'd better start from the beginning.
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